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Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000, Section 7A, Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 304B-- Dowry death - Claim of juvenility raised by accused for the first time before Supreme Court - Held, delay in making claim is not fatal - Trial court directed to hold enquiry into the said question and submit report expeditiously...........

Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 279, 337, 338-- Accident - Reduction in the quantum of sentence - Accident took place due to rash and negligent driving of the accused - Plea for reduction in quantum of sentence - Petitioner was a poor person and main bread winner of his family and not a previous convict - Sentence reduced to already undergone -..........

Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, Constitution of India, 1950, Article 137, 32-- Death sentence awarded to accused - His review petition for commutation rejected by Supreme Court - Second review petition allowed in view of the various other questions of far reaching importance having been raised in second review and set aside its earlier order passed in first review petition...........

Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 432, 433, 433A, Constitution of India, 1950, Article 32, 137, 72, 161-- Judicial review of clemency power of President and Governor - Death sentence awarded to petitioner in a murder case - Governor commuted the death sentence into life imprisonment - Quashing of order - Held, unless the exercise of power by Governor under Article 161 is ex facie perverse or is based..........

Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 304A, 279-- Accident - Accused charged u/ss 279 and 304-A IPC - Ruqa clearly confirmed the presence of complainants at the spot - Mere fact that complainant did not give the complete number of the bus in his statement does not belie the prosecution version particularly when he has duly identified the bus in..........

Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 482, Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 499-- Quashing of criminal proceedings - Principles governing - Court has to see whether allegations, if accepted on its face, disclose commission of any offence - If no prima facie case is made out and prosecution proceedings are sure to terminate in the acquittal of accused, proceedings have to be..........

Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 300, 304-- Alteration of conviction - Deceased assaulted with knife on chest and back portion of skull by accused - Accused came to the deceased and his wife to hand over certain documents where heated exchange of words took place - Evidence of wife showed that deceased first assaulted accused by a spear on..........

Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 465, 468, 471-- Forgery - Accused a Sanitation Supervisor convicted and sentenced for making fake trading licenses - Incident 8 years old when petitioner was of tender age of 22 years, at which age one is vulnerable of being misguided and led astray - Petitioner an orphan, sole bread earner of his family..........